NOVEL WEB Chapter 86: Slaying
"This damned 'Life Dao Realm'..."
Zhu Yan heavily crashed back to the ground. He reached out and pressed his chest where the wound from the Vermilion Bird Iron Wings was, a sharp pain spreading.
Twice, he tried to exchange injury for life, both attempts ending in failure.
In his view, the "culprit" was Xie Xuanyi. This kid's "Life Dao Realm" was utterly unreasonable.
But fortunately, he still had a chance of victory.
The Vermilion Bird had been attacked twice by him, its Primordial Energy severely depleted. Half of its Iron Wing was trembling, appearing like one more hit would decide the battle's outcome.
Thinking of this.
Zhu Yan took a deep breath.
He pounded his chest again and charged into the Cloud Sea.
"Here it comes!"
Ci Jing shouted lowly.
The two Great Demons clashed again, the Cloud Sea shattered, blood and fire splattered. This time, Zhu Yan held onto Ci Jing tightly, no longer content with withdrawing immediately after an attack... With the opponent enhanced by the "Life Dao Realm," this time he had to fight to the end.
"Boom, boom, boom!"
Xie Xuanyi unleashed his Life and Death Domain, his Martial Arts Divine Embryo delivering hundreds of blows to the white demon ape in an instant.
The disparity in realms was too great.
Zhu Yan had already "experienced" Xie Xuanyi's lethal techniques. This time he chose to ignore them, using his flesh body to withstand, enduring the Martial Arts Divine Embryo's fist techniques and Taoist Intent, firmly grabbing the Vermilion Bird, executing the Thousand-Pounds Fall, and rapidly smashing towards the ground —
Boom!
Near the gate of Da Sui Sword Palace, a small mountain was smashed and collapsed by the fall of the two Great Demons!
Smoke and dust filled the air.
Of the two Great Demons... only one retained a complete true body.
As the smoke cleared, several figures gradually appeared.
Zhu Yan was covered in blood, his skin carved open by the Iron Wings, but he raised his head high, pounding the ground with his arms, looking down with a defiant gaze.
In a crater not far away, Ci Jing curled up, plumage trembling, blood pooling beneath him.
The third clash.
Zhu Yan still held the upper hand, once again tearing off an Iron Wing from the Vermilion Bird Demon!
But...
Yet, Ci Jing, curled up, had a cold sneer in his eyes.
This trace of ridicule made Zhu Yan sense something was wrong.
He frowned, looking at the vermilion bird in the crater, then at the second Iron Wing he had torn off.
No...
Something's not right...
What's wrong?
"To exchange life for injury up to this point... shouldn't it be enough?"
In the crater, Ci Jing's hoarse laughter sounded.
"Pretty much."
Xie Xuanyi responded in a low voice.
He stretched out his hands, pressing on the back of Ci Jing's neck, generously granting the "Undying Spring Water Vapor" from the Dantian Spring Eye...
The vapor was rapidly consumed, the Spring Eye constantly evolving.
The bright light in Ci Jing's demon eyes gradually ignited, transforming into a sun under the nourishment of life.
His Heart Lake was secretly shocked, involuntarily turning to look at Xie Xuanyi.
Even with mental preparation, Ci Jing was still overwhelmed by the vast vitality—
Strand after strand of Undying Spring Water Vapor continuously poured into his demon body!
There was no doubt that the boy named Xie was deceiving him, this was far from being just a "little" Undying Spring!
From the battle at North Sea until now, this guy's Undying Spring seemed endless, never running out, never ending!
"Hiss, hiss, hiss!"
Around the collapsed mountain ruins, the void was ignited by vermilion flames, turning into a scarlet sea of fire again.
Zhu Yan's expression became grim.
He could hardly believe his eyes...
That "Vermilion Bird Iron Wing," torn off twice by him, was growing for the third time, and this time faster and more fiercely than before!
There was only one possibility.
This demon bird and Xie Xuanyi had been "pretending to be weak," long prepared with recovery means, feigning weakness to lure him into exchanging injury for life!
"I've... been tricked!"
As this thought surfaced in Zhu Yan's Heart Lake, it was already too late.
Ci Jing suddenly exerted strength, flying close to the ground, his wings slashing.
Clang!
The white ape's scalp tingled, hurriedly raising his arms to defend. The piercing sound erupted, and he was pushed back a hundred meters by the blow, Zhu Yan's feet stamping the ground, carving a long trench, while retreating he tried to launch the Soldier Disaster, but the fire sea cage fell from the sky, his Soldier Disaster Divine Power was completely neutralized, countless white ape fur turning to ash under the fiery blaze.
One wave had yet to settle, another rose anew.
Before Zhu Yan could stabilize himself, red light flashed before his eyes, Ci Jing's second slash struck again!
Though a Great Demon.
He cultivated in Da Sui Sword Palace, following the Lian Venerate.
Ci Jing's Taoist Intent was as sharp as Sword Qi, hundreds of strands of crimson Sword Qi weaving a large net, enveloping the white ape—
Zhu Yan sensed the arrival of death.
As the net of Sword Qi collided, he rapidly shrank his demon body, no longer contesting with his lifebound true body.
The overwhelming Sword Qi cut down densely—
Rumble.
A small hill in the distance was directly sliced into fragments.
Having escaped the net of Sword Qi, Zhu Yan, who narrowly escaped death, had no time to relax.
The death he sensed in his Heart Lake had not dissipated...
After shrinking his demon body and escaping the net, this feeling of death only intensified by dozens of times!
Bzz, bzz, bzz!
A faint Sword Sound echoed beneath him.
"Bastard!"
Zhu Yan suddenly cursed angrily, lowering his head sharply, a sharp pain shooting from his palm.
He had forgotten about the Flying Sword he was holding tightly in his palm. This sword had remained "silent" until now, suddenly springing into action!
"Chen Ke! Go!"
Xie Xuanyi shouted lowly, leaping down from the Vermilion Bird's back, pressing all his Divine Thought onto the Lifebound Flying Sword!
With a crash!
The Golden Sword reversed its tip, under the enhancement of Primordial Swallowing Divine Power, erupted with immense force, piercing through Zhu Yan's humanoid hand in an instant!
"Ah..."
Zhu Yan's complexion turned pale, letting out a miserable scream.
One of his arms was pinned to the ground in an instant, immovable as if fixed by Mount Tai.
Before him.
A crimson figure shot forward at extreme speed—
Ci Jing also discarded the "lifebound true body" state, raising his hands, resonating with the fire sea from all directions, two slender fire snakes shot from the ground, turning into two slender sword blades, slipping into his palms.
The red robe cut a straight line through the smoke and dust, a series of illusory afterimages trailing behind him!
After transforming into a human shape, Ci Jing's speed not only didn't decrease, it became even faster!
Crack!
Ci Jing suddenly stomped on the ground.
Stopping a yard in front of Zhu Yan.
Zhu Yan, his expression twisted, looked up at the indistinct face of the man in red.
Swish, swish, swish, swish!
In just a moment, Ci Jing wielded the Fire Snake Sword Blade with both hands, slashing out hundreds, thousands of strands of Sword Qi.
The Sword Qi did not explode with sound, but merely traced through Zhu Yan's shell like a stream, sliding over his skin, through the gaps between bones.
The world returned to silence.
In the smoke and dust.
Ci Jing retracted his sword and stood, his face expressionless as he looked at the crouching Zhu Yan...
Zhu Yan's body suddenly crumbled and fell apart.
Like a waterfall.
Scattered all over the ground.
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(PS: This is all for today. The next update will be before the sun sets.)